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    Burien
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    Motorcycling, camping, cruising
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Holland America
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Everywhere

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  1. Btimmer
    We also learned similar information. One brother tends the sheep and one runs the movie set business.
  2. Btimmer
    Yes. The set was originally built, used, and then destroyed. For subsequent movies, it was rebuilt and this time with more durable materials. I, too, had no interest and before we were there the first time 2 years ago, I had never seen the movies or read the books.
  3. Btimmer
    Here's a tip for future cruisers. If you dock at the main pier, turn left and head towards the ferry terminal. There will be lots of vendors selling excursions (land and snorkeling) for both Papeete and Moorea. Costs are in the $50-$70US range. we ended up cancelling our Princess day 2 snorkeling trip as it was a copy of day 1. We booked a $50 4 hour tour of the island at one of the above booths.
  4. Btimmer
    We received those roller bags on the Grand South America and one was utterly destroyed by ship or dock personnel when transferring it to shore upon disembarkation.
  5. Btimmer
    Our disembarkation was delayed 50 minutes because of clearance issues.
  6. Btimmer
    Yup, we've been there before. We also saw it on our way in today.
  7. Btimmer
    After 5 days at sea, we are arriving at Papeete, French Polynesia. The ship has rotated and is backing into the berth as we are overnighting and will be departing in the dark tomorrow. It's over 80°f at 7:40am. We're doing a snorkeling trip this morning.
  8. Btimmer
    We're a couple of days from Papeete and the outside temperatures are getting much warmer. Sunbathing was in full force today. Here's a 170° stern view. Tonight is formal night, but we continued our dining in the Lido Marketplace where there is a wonderful grill station. We've finally cleared the wait lists for snorkeling excursions in Papeete, Moorea, and Honolulu.
  9. Btimmer
    Here's a peek at some of our room decor. Angela brought these along for the Polynesian / Hawaiian portion of the cruise. Princess continues to have problems with an inaccurate schedule on the APP and it isn't synched with the printed Patter. Crossing the dateline is the likely culprit.
  10. Btimmer
    Today we are in lala land after crossing the international dateline yesterday. It's day 13 and we are observing a second April 21 (Sunday). The schedule on the APP does not have the correct schedule and the Princess Patter (printed schedule) doesn't show all events. We did have an interdenominational service this morning and it's the first time I can recall doing Sunday on adjoining days.
  11. Btimmer
    Life is short so today we sampled a premium dessert before dinner! Yummy! Also, we cleared the standby list for a snorkeling trip on a catamaran on Day 2 in Papeete. I just missed lasting 3 minutes on the Yes/No game show. But I won a water bottle. And finally we enjoyed 2 sets of Patrick McMahon, a terrific country singer from Western Australia. We have seen him previously a number of times on HAL cruises.
  12. Btimmer
    We're on day 2 (April 21) of the segment to Papeete. We're crossing the international date line and we'll enjoy April 21 again tomorrow. Below is a map of our current position.
  13. Btimmer
    We're about to depart Auckland after a nice visit here. We visited the Weta Studios unleashed near the Sky Tower and went up the tower. We also imbibed in a real donut at Dunkin' Donuts.
  14. Btimmer
    This morning we are in the Bay of Islands, NZ. It blue skies and gorgeous! We have a Princess Excursion.
  15. Btimmer
    We're back in the ship after a wonderful trip to Hobbiton. It's totally dark at 6:40pm and we should be departing shortly to catch the tidal flow properly. Here are a few pictures from Middle Earth. Fake tree
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